Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 667
"Dai Gong, the agreement we reached with the four countries is to allow Tang coins to circulate freely in various countries, and at the same time process and mint gold, silver and copper coins for them. You know, coin minting is beneficial now, and the profit is not small. We mint coins for them. You have to charge their casting fees, so you earn double."

"Wei Gong, but if we allow Tang coins to circulate freely in the four countries, we will lose a lot of money." Dai Zhou said.

"Dai Gong, one of the great benefits of free circulation is that they can no longer prevent gold, silver and copper from flowing into Datang. According to the agreement, we can set up semi-colons of several major banks in Datang in the four countries to be responsible for exchanging money with Datang coins. Their gold and silver and other old currencies."

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The Haidong four countries welcome Datang to list them as the currency circulation area of ​​the Tang Dynasty, because their own production level is limited, the cost of minting coins is high, and the amount of minting coins cannot meet the circulation needs, and they have always had the same problem of money shortage as before in the Central Plains , so they barter more seriously.

Now Datang is willing to include them in Datang's currency settlement area on the grounds of facilitating trade settlement, so that the four countries can also become Datang's currency circulation area without charging them extra fees. Why do they refuse?

After all, it's not that they haven't seen the currency in circulation in the Tang Dynasty. Real gold and silver, Kaiyuan Tongbao are also good money with a higher copper content than the previous five baht coins. They can't make such good money themselves.

If it is the kind of bad money such as thin money, white money and lead money, they will definitely not want it, but why don't they want good money to flow in?Historically, in the Song and Ming dynasties, East Asian countries had already become the circulation area of ​​Chinese currency, and they all liked to use Chinese money.

For example, Japan often sends goods to the coast of China with full loads. After selling the goods, the copper coins exchanged are returned to Japan for use.Even in the era of confrontation between Song and Liao, Liao also used copper coins from the Song Dynasty.

It's really that the money is so easy to use, and I don't have the ability to make it.

"The four countries in Haidong, combined, are at most the amount of money used by the second and third Daoists of the Tang Dynasty. If they are included, our coin loss will not be much. On the contrary, it will make them more dependent on our economy and trade in the Tang Dynasty. .”

This is a very deep political economy. Dai Zhou and others have never studied this, but the principle is still the same. After thinking about it carefully, it seems to be the same thing.

According to Qin Lang's way of doing things, on the surface it seems that the Great Tang Dagong worked hard to mint the money and transport it to the four countries for use, but in fact, it was actually the Tang Dynasty who exchanged the minted currency for their gold, silver and copper raw materials. Ship it back, cast it, process it into currency, and then ship it back.

The essence is that Datang collected seigniorage taxes from various countries and mastered their minting rights.

Although under the precious metal physical currency system, it seems that they have no losses, but in fact Datang is not only issuing metal currency now, the emergence of banks, money houses, and cabinets, and the use of silver notes, bank notes, flying notes, etc. It is also used as money to a large extent.

Qin Lang knew what the predecessors of these banknotes represented, not to mention that one of the prerequisites for Datang currency to flow into the Four Kingdoms was that Datang must first establish major banks and money houses for currency issuance and exchange in the Four Kingdoms , ticket office, etc. semicolon.

And these banks still operate bill services such as remittance, and also do deposit and lending business. Everyone knows that the financial industry is the most profitable.

It also controls the lifeline of the economy. Banks are essentially empty-handed wolves, taking deposits and using them to lend, earning interest differentials, and even issuing banknotes and other banknotes that can be overissued.

Afterwards, the lifeline of the country's economy will be controlled by these financial institutions.

In this era, Qin Lang didn't dare to say that he could do so well, but the Four Kingdoms were willing to hand over such power, Qin Lang didn't know how many times he had snickered.

It took no time for Dai Zhou to be pulled out by him.

Wei Zheng is still at a loss, but Dai Zhou has firmly supported this plan.

"Sanlang's move is powerful. He doesn't need to use a knife or a gun, but he can subdue the Four Kingdoms system."

Wei Zheng hadn't followed his train of thought, "I don't think it's good, it's not good."

"Wei Gong, let go of arms sales to the outside world. Not to mention other things, it can increase the tax revenue of at least one million guan for the court a year. It is tax, not profit. The profit is for the military department. Just talking about tax revenue, it can reach a million guan. And that number is likely to increase in the future.”

"As for the liberalization of the currency that you said is not good, only the four countries in Haidong are open, and it is expected to bring millions of dollars in revenue every year in the future."

Wei Zheng didn't understand the others, but the income of one million yuan a year is quite clear.

With 100 million guan, there are too many things that can be done.

There are more than 300 states and more than 1000 counties in the country. There are more than 1000 state schools and county schools, but less than 100 schools. If 50 million Guan Ruoba is given to these government schools, a school can get [-] yuan.

And if the 100 million guan is used for water conservancy projects, it can repair the dams of several large rivers, or open countless canals in the frontier to irrigate the newly reclaimed farmland.

Even if it is used to raise soldiers, the current Sixth Army of the Imperial Court has a total of more than 3 recruits and guards, each with an average of 200 guan.

Wei Zheng, who often spouted benevolence and righteousness to the emperor, has become very sensitive to money figures since he became prime minister. One million guan is really worth doing.

If you can collect another 100 million a year in taxes from selling arms, you can solve many things.

With money in hand, there are too many things that can be done.

Gentlemen don't talk about profit, but now the prime ministers of the Zhenguan court are not shy about talking about profit, because if they want to do things, they can't do without money. To do big things, the more money is needed.

You can't blindly exploit the common people, then you can only get money from other directions.

In the past, what everyone could think of was industrial and commercial taxation, but now, everyone thinks more about the development of foreign trade, the expansion of the Silk Road, land, sea and grassland.

Farming is only the basic market, and the basic market remains unchanged, and the burden and rent for farmers must be reduced.

Then the money needed by the court can only be obtained from other directions.

Qin Lang and Dai Zhou represented both the Open Source faction and the Foreign Trade faction, while Fang Xuanling's eldest grandson Wuji and other more stable prime ministers were now also staunch supporters.

In addition, there is an emperor who supports him, and the prime ministers of Zhenguan are more powerful than each other.

Cheng Qian sat on it and listened half-understood, the prime ministers were very happy to discuss, no one cared too much about the young Jian Guo prince, anyway, he is actually just a decoration, sitting here to replace the emperor.

Seeing that the time was about the same, Chengqian told him to pass on the meal and prepare lunch for the prime ministers.

At this time, the prime ministers had already reached an agreement, and expressed their approval of the series of treaties signed by Qin Lang with various countries, especially the series of treaties with the four countries in Haidong.

As for Qin Lang’s slapping rabbits, he demanded that Renna be restored to Silla, Gaara be restored to Wa, Tamna be attached to Tang Dynasty by Baekjena, Goguryeo should be completely returned to the area east of the Liaohe River, and so on. Conditions, the prime ministers didn't even bother to discuss too much.

Renna countries have already been annexed by Silla one after another, and some have been annexed for decades.Tamna, the big island east of Baekje, was originally called Juhu. It was first attached to Silla, and later it was controlled by Wa, and then Baekje sent troops to seize it. Now it is a subject of Baekje.

This is some old sesame seeds and rotten millet among the countries in Haidong. Qin Lang came up with these things at this time, which is to muddy the water. The purpose can be imagined. Of course, the prime ministers are on Qin Lang's side. From a standpoint, so this kind of thing does not need to be discussed at all, but it is fully supported, after all, the national interest.

"Since everyone agrees, let Saburo, who is in charge today, draft the resolution, and then submit it to the Prince Jian Guo for review. If the Prince has no objections, he will send someone to the Qizhou Palace for instructions from the sage!"

Fang Xuanling's speech could be regarded as setting the tone for the conclusion of today's meeting.

There are currently seven prime ministers in the Zhengshitang, and general political affairs are discussed collectively at the Zhengshitang meeting, which was originally presided over by the prime minister Fang Xuanling, but now Li Shimin didn't know what to think, and actually made a new rule.

The Zhengshitang set up a political pen, and the seven prime ministers took turns in charge of the political pen. During the rotation, they were called the prime ministers of the Zhengshitang Bingbi, responsible for presiding over the meetings of the Zhengshitang, summarizing their records, and more directly carrying out the purpose.

In fact, it breaks the original setting that Shangshu Zuopushe is the prime minister, which is the natural prime minister, and changes it to several prime ministers taking turns to be the prime minister, regardless of whether your job is Zuopushe or Zhongshuling, or just a minister or even a servant , As long as you enter the political affairs hall, you are all prime ministers, and there is no distinction between prime ministers and deputy equals.

However, there must be a leader or presider when the group discusses politics, so such a political pen was created. Whoever takes turns will be responsible for presiding over the meeting and taking minutes of the meeting, even more directly.

In a disguised form, Zuo Pushe was deprived of the Prime Minister's right. Fang Xuanling was also depressed for a long time. He didn't know what he did wrong, but Qin Lang knew that it wasn't something he did wrong, it was just Li Shimin's desire to control the emperor. Stronger, the original system of three high-ranking officials and prime ministers has been changed into the current various titles of political affairs halls and group ministers, and the name of the prime minister has been completely cut off, just to facilitate him to strengthen the imperial power, monarchs and ministers, and further control political affairs Church purpose.

Qin Lang picked up the political pen, looked at the cinnabar in front of him, and always felt that something was wrong.

The prime minister who is in power, Bingbi, sounds like the meaning of the eunuch Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies in the Ming Dynasty. It seems that the eunuch Bingbi has the power to rule because he has the power to write and criticize red.

Shaking his head, it seems that whether it is Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty or the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the thinking in his head is actually the same. They are all inseparable from power, reluctant to let go of power, and thinking of ways to take power and hold power.

From the fixed Shangshu Zuo Pushe as the chief prime minister, to now one round of political affairs, one prime minister per day, it is obvious that the prime ministers are required to check each other and further consolidate his emperor's autocratic power.

After having lunch with the crown prince, all the prime ministers went back to work in their respective yamen, but Qin Lang, who was in charge of government affairs today, had to go to the yamen of the provincial government affairs hall to work on duty, and by the way he had to sort out the minutes of today's government affairs hall meeting.

(End of this chapter)